Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
Quotations
Silence
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.
-Thomas Merton
"No Man Is an Island"
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Great souls suffer in silence.
-Friedrich Schiller
